deflate\de*flate"\ (?), v. t. [pref. de- down + l. flare, flatus to blow.] to reduce from an inflated condition.deflate v1. collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a balloon"2. release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"3. reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "the bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: puncture]

4. produce deflation in; "the new measures deflated the economy" [ant: inflate]5. reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" [ant: inflate]6. become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "the balloons deflated" [ant: inflate]

In computing, deflate is a data compression algorithm that uses a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding. It was originally defined by Phil Katz for version 2 of his PKZIP archiving tool and was later specified in RFC 1951.

- Method in class java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream protected void deflate () throws IOException Writes next block of compressed data to the output stream. - Method in class java.util.zip.Deflater public int deflate (byte[] b)Fills specified buffer with compressed data. Returns actual number of bytes of compressed data. A return value of 0 indicates that needsInput() should be called in order to determine if more input data is required.Parameters: b - the buffer for the compressed dataReturns: the actual number of bytes of compressed data - Method in class java.util.zip.Deflater public int deflate (byte[] b, int off, int len)Fills specified buffer with compressed data. Returns actual number of bytes of compressed data. A return value of 0 indicates that needsInput() should be called in order to determine if more input data is required.Parameters: b - the buffer for the compressed data - the start offset of the dataoff - the start offset of the data - the maximum number of bytes of compressed datalen - the maximum number of bytes of compressed dataReturns: the actual number of bytes of compressed data

(v.) = desinflar, deshinchar. Ex: It can take as little as one minute to inflate or deflate some air mattresses. (v.) = quitar valor, desvalorar, desvalorizar, invalidar, mitigar. Ex: These developments deflate some traditional assumptions about and privileges associated with scientific and technical knowledge.